Deadline on Night Writing Win; Tom Hiddleston Talks Playing Pine

Posted by Carolyn Koo

6 months ago

This week, Deadline reports on The Night Manager winning a writing award, while Tom Hiddleston talks about playing Jonathan Pine. Plus, Hugh Laurie and other members of the show’s team will speak at a media conference in Jerusalem. Read on for more:

• John le Carré and David Farr’s The Night Manager tied with The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story for the USC Libraries Scripter Award in the best adapted TV script category, according to Deadline.

• According to Digital Spy, Tom Hiddleston says, “I love playing Jonathan Pine. He’s one of the most fascinating characters I’ve ever played — four characters if you include all his different identities!”

• Deadline reports that Hugh Laurie, Susanne Bier and Stephen Garrett will discuss The Night Manager next month at INTV, a TV and media conference in Jerusalem.

• Elizabeth Debicki tells Radio Times that The Night Manager cast was “a pretty epic line-up of your nearest and dearest national treasures.”

• Tom Hollander explains to The Guardian, “Villains are seldom as multidimensional as Corky.”